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The Netanyahu Problem (1998-05-22)
About this film
The scholarly Mr. Siegman and the explosive Mr. Zion could hardly be more different in manner, but this time--unlike on some of Mr. Zion's earlier Firing Line appearances--the conversation does connect. Consensus is not and could not be reached, but we get a clear idea of the opposing positions on Prime Minister Netanyahu's rejection of certain Clinton Administration proposals. HS: "Netanyahu is incapable of making decisions, and whatever his long-range strategic vision may be, assuming he has one, it is something that he treats in eschatological terms. In terms of the immediate realities, his goal is to delay decisions and keep delaying them, and allow the status quo to prevail." ... SZ: "Bibi Netanyahu got elected not because he was against the peace process, but because he was going to insist that it was a bilateral agreement and that they had to do what they promised.... If he had been against the peace he would never have been elected."
Directors & creators
Southern Educational Communications Association
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Firing Line with William F. Buckley Jr., Foreign relations, United States, Israel, Netanyahu, Binyamin, Arab-Israeli conflict, 1993-
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